The stealthier side of the Rogue's kit in Diablo 4 is often overlooked, but it can prove to be more than worthy when pitted against the game's hardest difficulty mode. Builds that revolve around invisibility won't be as fast as the meta Twisting Blades setup, but they offer a totally new way to enjoy the class that's still powerful in the late game.
Players who are looking for a ninja-like melee playstyle with tons of stuns and free Stealth have a lot to look forward to in this Diablo 4 Rogue build. Here are all the necessary skills, Aspects, and items to make this fantasy work.
As of June 27, 2023, Diablo 4 has been updated to version 1.0.3. While some changes have been made here and there, our endgame Stealth Trapper Rogue build guide is still relevant.
Diablo 4: Stealth Trapper Rogue Build
Skills | Total Points |
Fundamental Puncture | 3 |
Improved Flurry | 7 |
Disciplined Shadow Step | 7 |
Subverting Poison Trap | 7 |
Mixed Shadow Imbuement | 3 |
Supreme Death Trap | 3 |
Since players will be in melee range most of the time when using this build, Improved Flurry will be the Core Skill of choice. It deals good AOE, and it can spread Vulnerable to everything it hits. Support this with Fundamental Puncture for instant Vulnerable application.
Take Disciplined Shadow Step for the Unstoppable buff and Mixed Shadow Imbuement for AOE and synergy with Legendary Aspects. Subverting Poison Trap will help buff damage against tough targets, while Death Trap will handle big hordes.
The build has a lot of built-in stuns, which will allow players to enjoy Disciplined Shadow Steps shorter cooldown and Subverting Poison Trap's increased damage.
Passive Skills
Skills | Points |
Sturdy | 3 |
Siphoning Strikes | 3 |
Weapon Mastery | 3 |
Rapid Gambits | 3 |
Concussive | 3 |
Exploit | 2 |
Malice | 3 |
Shadow Crash | 1 |
Consuming Shadows | 3 |
Trap Mastery | 3 |
Close Quarters Combat | 1 |
The passive skill setup is very similar to other Rogue builds that use traps and Crowd Control effects.
Rapid Gambits helps reduce the cooldown of Evade, allowing for more Stealth and Stun Grenade spam. Meanwhile, the Concussive and Trap Mastery skills increase the player's damage output against anything knocked down by Poison Trap. The rest are here to provide bonuses to DPS and survivability.
Every Key Passive except for Precision is useful for this build. However, Close Quarters Combat and Momentum are the most reliable since they don't rely on Lucky Hits. Use the Preparation Specialization to minimize Death Trap's downtime.
Gear and Aspects
Offense | Defense | Utility |
Encircling Blades (Two-Handed Weapon) | Disobedience (Helm) | Eluding (Boots) |
Surprise (One-Handed Weapon) | Might (Chest) | Mangler (Gloves) |
Infiltrator (One-Handed Weapon) | Lethal Dusk (Pants) | Umbral Ring) |
Retribution (Amulet) | ||
Opportunist (Ring) |
The core Aspects of this build are Surprise, Opportunist, and Lethal Dusk. With all three combined, players will be able to skirt through mobs of enemies while leaving behind countless Stun Grenades, opening them up to massive follow-up damage while they're disabled.
Lethal Dusk grants free Stealth when players evade through a Shadow Imbuement-affected enemy. Lay down a Poison Trap with the Infiltrator Aspect, then break Stealth with Puncture and Flurry. Not only will they get stunned, but they'll also become Vulnerable, Knocked Down, and be more likely to get critically struck thanks to the passive skills above.
One noteworthy Unique Rogue item here is Eyes in the Dark, a chestpiece that makes Death Trap constantly rearm itself until it hits a player or a boss. With this item equipped, Death Trap will continue triggering and killing every enemy within its radius—stun enemies on top of it for maximum effect.
Players should ideally have boots that give more Evade charges or stats that reduce Evade's cooldown.
Paragon Boards
Deadly Ambush is the perfect Paragon Board for trap builds. Its Legendary and Rare nodes increase damage dealt to enemies affected by traps, along with a handful of Armor and Resistance-related bonuses.
The Ambush and Combat Glyphs take priority over everything else. The former further increases damage to trapped enemies, while the latter increases Energy Regeneration when hitting critical strikes.
Cunning Stratagem is a good third board option since it has a lot of Core Skill damage bonuses. Tricks of the Trade works well here too, since players will regularly alternate between Puncture and Flurry.
Diablo 4 is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5.